We broke out!

 We did another lockbox today! Thing 1 and Thing 2 locked the boxes and we had to open the boxes to put them back in.  We had a clue envelope and it had many puzzles in it. We had to read clues, we had to find a key, we had invisible numbers and used a light pen to solve the clues. When we broke out - the box had chocolates and bookmarks.

We also finished building our communities.  We showed Ms Mahan’s class our communities.  We took a picture and videotaped our town.  Our communities have police stations, fire stations and places to work. We had to work together to build our town.

Construction Begins!

We started construction on our communities.We made buildings out of cardboard boxes. We used black paper for roads and smelly markers to make road dividers. We made stores and houses out of cardboard, We already planned the map so we know where everything goes.
We played basketball in gym with Ms Mahan's class. We threw balls in music but it was a game! In music, we played Doggy Where's Your Bone.

City Planners!

We had crazy sock day.  Today is World Down Syndrome Day and we respect all learners. We put our feet in the middle and took a picture.

We were city planners today and made a plan for a new community. We made groups so we could build a community for people. We know we must include a place to keep us safe, a place to work, a place to learn and play and a place to keep us healthy. We made a map in our planning. 

One of our friends read us Swamp Water. He's a great reader! We are excited for Easter.

Nutrition Bingo

We are playing Nutrition Bingo.  It means that we are looking for food groups in our lunch and we get a sticker for every food group.  Food groups are veggies, fruits, grains, dairy or milk, meats. There is even one spot for sugar! When we get a full bingo, we will get a prize!

We have been learning about needs and wants and how it helps a community. In a community, we need water, food, eye doctors, schools and fire stations. We need families, too!  We will be building a community next week.

Highlights of High River

Highlights of High River

We began sharing our Highlights of High River projects! They are fantastic! Some people shared Minecraft buildings, Lego, drawings, posters, pictures and dioramas. We have learned a lot about High River. The Medicine Tree was important to the Blackfoot people. The school is a place for learning. Shepard Park has a park and it has an old house on it. Evelyn's is a good place for ice cream. We live near the mountains.
High River is a great place to live!

Community Helpers and Abu Dhabi

The kids in Abu Dhabi sent us a video showing their winter and we showed them our winter video. Their winter looks like summer here.We found out that when it is day in High River, it is night in Abu Dhabi.  Adam knew that it was night because it is on the other side of the world!  We learned that they have fake grass and a tent cover over their playground because it is hot.  In Abu Dhabi it is very, very hot!

We are learning about community helpers.  Police and teachers are community helpers in High River. Do you know any other community helpers that we could add to our list?

Welcome back!

We are learning about our community of High River, Alberta.  Could you remind me what my address is?  Where do I live in High River?  We watched a video about communities.

We had a new student today!  She is excellent!  We showed her where the boot room is, a GoNoodle, where we line up and where the bathroom is.  She used to be at a different school but now she is with us!